quitch grass


quitch grass

Q0038900 (kwĭch)n. Couch grass.
[Middle English quich, from Old English cwice; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]

quitch grass

n (Plants) another name for couch grass Sometimes shortened to: quitch [Old English cwice; perhaps related to cwicu living, quick (with the implication that the grass cannot be killed); compare Dutch kweek, Norwegian kvike, German Queckengras]